Brendan Emmet Irvine (born 17 May 1996), nicknamed the "Wee Rooster", is an Irish

amateur boxer Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...

from

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

. He won a silver medal in the men's 49 kg division at the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

, becoming the first ever medalist for Ireland at the Games. He moved up to the 52 kg weight class in 2016, winning another Irish senior title and also competing at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

in Rio. In 2017 Irvine won another major medal for Ireland for the European championships finishing in top 3 taking away a bronze medal. The next year he went in to the CWG in the Gold Coast Australia bagging another silver medal for NI. Inactive for 2019 with a few injury's he came back hungry as ever and qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo beating a tricky boxer from Hungary in the Europeans Olympic qualifier taking him to the top 8 spot.

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* * * * * * 1996 births Living people Boxers from Belfast Male boxers from Northern Ireland Irish male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Ireland European Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of Ireland Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Northern Ireland Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Flyweight boxers Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Ireland-boxing-bio-stub